Still needs FDA approval to move forward
CRISPR Gets Federal Approval For Human Testing
CRISPR has received federal approval for its first human trials, though the editing will not be at the embryonic level. A federal panel gave the go ahead to the study…
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One Elon Musk Company Is Trying To Buy Another
Tesla Motors has made an offer to buy Solar City
Right now, it's just a formal offer, not a done deal. Still, it would be an intriguing pairing, given that Tesla already makes a home energy battery optimized to work…
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Rolls Royce Is Planning A Future Of Sailing Without Sailors
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Darth Vader Will Return In 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Entertainment Weekly teases the heavy-breathing return we've all wanted
Star Wars: Rogue One news has been a bit chaotic in recent months, but some exciting news dropped today about a returning character everyone's been anticipating.
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KFC Meal Boxes In India Now Come With A Built In USB Charger
And the award for strangest product placement attempt goes to...
But someone had to have just that thought, because a partnership between an India-based tech manufacturer and the country's KFC marketing team has delivered just that to…
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Watch A Pianist Play A Heartbreaking Funeral Song For The Arctic
Performed in front of a melting glacier
It isn't often that a Steinway grand piano ends up floating in Arctic waters.
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Everything Is Bigger In Texas, Including The Floods
As the planet heats up, Houston can expect more severe rainfall
Houston suffered through a downpour of biblical proportions that stole dozens of lives and incurred billions in damages.
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Scientists Finally Recognized For Eradicating The Sexy Screwworm
Their technique to eliminate destructive pests earns them Golden Goose awards
Edward Knipling and Raymond Bushland will receive posthumous Golden Goose awards for their work in the mid-twentieth century on eradicating screwworm, a costly livestock…
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Satellite Watchers Find America's Latest Space Secret
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Electric NSX Will Take on Pikes Peak
The prototype is three times as powerful as last year's entry
The Acura NSX all electric prototype will race the 2016 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 26, the 100th anniversary of the race.
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Watch House Democrats Occupy The Floor On Periscope
Periscope Picks Up Where C-Span Was Cut Off
House Democrats have taken to the House floor today, literally staging a sit-in in protest of gun control measure failures by the body as a whole, and because House…
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Brown Bear Moms Use 'Human Shields' To Protect Their Cubs
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Chinese-Made Drone Crashes In Pakistan
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Smelly Postcards Will Give You A Whiff Of Rosetta's Comet
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Different Scorpion Species Share Similar Taste In Interior Design
Their complex burrows have key features in common
A new study has found similarities in the burrow structures of three different species of scorpion. The researchers made aluminum casts of the burrows and analyzed their…
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Google Has A List Of A.I. Behaviors That Would Scare Them Most
It should scare you too
The idea of a robot takeover may still be an abstract, science fictional concept to us, but Google has actually compiled a list of behaviors that would cause them great…
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Watch Jimmy Kimmel Become Mike Tyson And Karl Malone Digitally
From real-time face mapping software and a digital overlay
Jimmy Kimmel has been doing a pretty convincing impression of Karl Malone for decades, but it took Dr. Matthias Niessner from Stanford with real-time face mapping…
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Bill Nye’s Solar Sail Hits A Few Snags But Is Almost Ready To Fly
Despite a recent glitch, LightSail 2 is still aiming for a historic flight in 2017
In the recent flight simulation, LightSail 2 proved it can successfully deploy its antenna and solar panels, communicate with ground stations, and unfurl its…
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Watch The First-Ever Drone Delivery From Ship To Land
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This Is Probably What A Black Hole Shredding A Star Looks Like
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